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Gujarat Assembly polls: OBC leader Alpesh Thakor wins maiden election

Backward class leader Alpesh Thakor, who had joined the Congress just ahead of the Gujarat Assembly polls, on Monday scored his maiden election victory from Radhanpur seat, defeating his closest BJP rival by 15,000 votes.

Backward class leader Alpesh Thakor, who had joined the Congress just ahead of the Gujarat Assembly polls, on Monday scored his maiden election victory from Radhanpur seat, defeating his closest BJP rival by 15,000 votes.

Alpesh Thakor, who had led an agitation against the BJP government over the issues concerning the OBCs under the banner of the Gujarat Kshatriya-Thakor Sena, defeated Lavingji Thakor.